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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 2007
Page
3
A nostalgic call urges the Historical Society to restore daily shining of the brass railing at the Old Aiken Post Office. The speaker proposes peaceful Sunday protests outside churches to highlight blue laws and protest religious restrictions, urging non churchgoers to join.
A reader questions Ms Stoker's stance on whether Arkenites should run their city noting the current and former officials have shaped Aiken. The letter praises locals who gathered for the Downtown Taste of Aiken and shares an anecdote about a volunteer giving a shirt to a visitor, with comments on how readers can submit TalkBack messages.
In Aiken, Peggy DeVine Marge Glauser and Linda Chavers launched Uganda Spirit a nonprofit ecumenical group aiding refugees and 43 orphaned children under Father Charles Kawesi pastor at St Gerard Catholic Church Kawesi who has spent 25 years helping his homeland hopes volunteers join their effort DeVine traveled to Uganda in May to witness conditions and support for Kawesi’s work contact DeVine at 641-2002 or ugandaspirit.com
DECA prepares students for business careers and has 78 members this year at South Aiken High School under mentor Rob Lovejoy. Senior and junior officers lead weekly planning as the cocurricular program emphasizes service projects and community partnerships. Samantha Arbauch ranked in the top 10 nationally last spring after excelling in a role playing promotion scenario.
Hal Peck, former Tulane basketball star and long time Indiana high school standout, recounts meeting Gwen Bailie in the library, marrying after a courtship lasting decades, and facing Gwen’s Alzheimer’s disease. He recalls their move to Aiken in 1992 and the couple’s active life despite the disease, hoping for a cure someday.
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